New book on Afghanistan war is revealing, misleading

The book’s subtitle implies that somehow one conventional clash with the Taliban 12 years ago saved Afghanistan. It didn’t.

Retired major-general David Fraser wrote the recently released book Operation Medusa: The Furious Battle That Saved Afghanistan from the Taliban. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

OTTAWA— Retired major-general David Fraser has just released a book, Operation Medusa: The Furious Battle That Saved Afghanistan from the Taliban, about his days as the Canadian commander of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan during this battle in September 2006.

Democracy, Terrorism and Killer Robots: Embassy News covers the 2015 Halifax International Security ForumThe Halifax International Security Forum is one of the world’s biggest gatherings of defence and security leaders.

Unless Trudeau plans to be out on these streets, fighting against police brutality or in cabinet drafting legislation to curb police powers, his, and all the other white voices of his ilk, have no merit here.

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